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Item One: How to destroy an Urban Economy - lessons for Auckland.Dr T J Rogers is President and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor, one of the majorsuccess stories of Silicon Valley, currently developing powerful highly efficient solar panels for generating electricity. When I was at the American Dream conference last year, a mutual colleague handed me a copy of this letter Joe had sent to Elisabeth Laurence, in response to her letter inviting him to join the San Francisco "Global Competitiveness Initiative" of the Bay Area Council. He explains that he is probably not the right person for the job because he is understandably reluctant to become a part of an establishment organisation which seems determined to destroy the elements of the Bay Area Economy that have made the region so rich and successful. I have friends and colleagues in the area and I passed it on to them to read. They were very quiet and the main response was much nodding of some very wise heads. Read the whole letter here <http://www.fcpp.org/images/publications/Cyprus%2520letter.pdf> and think about your own city, its governance, and the economy. If the hyperlink does not work go to: http://www.fcpp.org/images/publications/Cyprus%20letter.pdf Entertainment One – Canada: where every Man's Home can be his Castle - Yet!Just go to the web address here and wait a couple of minutes for the downloadand then relax and enjoy your private fantasy. The Thousand Islands Ernesto Cortazar And Canada is a world leader in housing affordability <http://www.fcpp.org/main/publication_detail.php?PubID=2038> so they might not be as expensive as they look. (But I wouldn't bet on it.) You might find this gallery useful for your next power point production on "how to deal with bureaucracy". (e.g just toss those inspectors off the drawbridge!) There are about twenty pictures so it's a big file with much to look at. Play around with the bottom left hand corner of the screen until you see them all. |
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